ONLINE FIRST
published on August 16, 2025
Geert Demuijnck
https://doi.org/10.5840/bpej202585172
France
Reports from Europe, Global Survey of Business Ethics 2022¨C2024
Academically, the content of business ethics classes is rather mainstream, with a few exceptions where teachers focus more on continental philosophy and postmodernism. This is related to the fact that business ethics is mainly taught in business schools, rather than in universities, and French business schools have developed internationally, with classes in English. In terms of research, there are not so many publications in French, but the French research are quite present in the international journals. On the corporate level, the major French multinational corporation have quite well-developed policies in business ethics. This has been triggered by different elements, among which a critical public opinion and the development of increasingly stringent legislation.